Was overdue. Team on track for yet another bottom of the rankings finish. Unacceptable.
Hopefully this is one of many steps taken to get some new minds and perspectives in the front office.
The Sox are a mess right now, but they still have a number of quality young pieces.
Bogaerts, Betts, Castillo, JBJ, Swihart, Holt, Vasquez, possibly Shaw. Solid position players with good defense and the ability to get on base. Then there's Pedroia, who is still solid.
Pitching is a problem, but they've at least got a quantity of solid arms. Miley, Rodriguez, Wright, Johnson, Owens, Barnes, Kelly, Tazawa. Even Porcello can probably be OK if you forget how much money he makes. You've got the middle and back end of a rotation and parts of a decent bullpen there. Just got to figure out who is best suited to do what.
Of course, they lack top of the rotation pitchers, and they've got 3 DHs who all expect to play almost every night. That's a huge problem.